text:
Hey, Dan, he said "a lot."
Do I need to make an "a lot" tag?
Thanks to Peter Hoh for emailing that link.
So where will althouse's bachelorette party be? Too bad the New Bar burned down 15 years ago. How about Club 5? The Shamrock?
I never really understood the purpose of a bachelor(ette) party. It's not like you cut all friends out of your life when you get married. Why the need/excuse to get drunk?
Bachelor parties make absolute cultural sense. Your group of friends is lamenting the fact that one of you is going off to start a family. The friendship will never be the same. So, you go off and do the core guy things that you would do in guy heaven. You look at nude women. You drink and do drugs to puking. You gamble.
Women are losing friends to marriage, too. But they fundamentally don't run around in large groups together at bars, making asses of themselves. This they would not do in woman heaven. The bachelorette party as currently constituted is a pale, lame copy of the bachelor party.
I'm not even interested in doing a wedding, let alone a bachelorette party. I've never attended such a party or anything like it. I've had too much to drink on occasion, but I've never set out to attend an event that was about drinking too much.
A short fairy tale:
Once upon a time, a guy asked a girl "Will you marry me?"
The girl said, "NO!"
And the guy lived happily ever after and rode motorcycles and went
fishing and hunting and played golf, drank a lot of beer and tequila
and gambled and left the toilet seat up and farted whenever he wanted.
The End
Good luck, Meade. I just want you to know: we're all counting on you.
Women don't factor into my decision to gay bars. Many of my best friends are women and come to the bars with me. Some of the people at gay bars are women (both straight and gay) and having more or less women on any given night does not bother me. If I'm seeking to avoid any particular person, it's straight men. I'd rather be at a place where I feel comfortable, and that usually isn't a place surrounded by a bunch of frat boys.
But they fundamentally don't run around in large groups together at bars, making asses of themselves.
It is obvious that you have not seen too many women at bachelorette parties or the aftermath. Believe me, some of them make the guys parties look tame.
Sounds like that CW song- "I'm gonna miss her..."
What I am saying, Peter, is that this is not the actual thing that women would choose to do otherwise. Bachelorette parties are totally and fundamentally exercises in posing.
What I am saying, Peter, is that this is not the actual thing that women would choose to do otherwise. Bachelorette parties are totally and fundamentally exercises in posing.
Plenty of women go to bars in groups, get roaring drunk, and make asses of themselves on many occasions other than bachelorette parties. Spring Break is the most obvious example that comes to mind. But any old Friday or Saturday night will do if you look in the right bars.
Seven, in my Guy Heaven I'm just playing cards and drinking good gin. Different strokes, I guess. Maybe that's why the rowdy bachelor party is interesting only in an anthropological sense. I've been to one. I remember the guy next to me shouting to the dancer Show us some pink! and she had an incredible look of contempt for him. And I thought Geeze John, could you be any more of an ass? (That was before John found God).
This is for you Meade:
Well I love her
But I love the fish
I spend all day out on this lake
And hell is all I catch
But today she met me at the door
Said I would have to choose
If I hit that fishin' hole today
She'd be packin' all her things and she'd
be gone by noon
Well I'm gonna miss her
When I get home
Right now I'm on this lakeshore
And I'm sittin' in the sun
I'm sure it'll hit me
When I walk through that door tonight
Ya I'm gonna miss her
Oh, lookie there, I've got a bite
Now there's a chance
If I hurry
I could beg her to stay
That water's right
And the weather's perfect
No tellin' what I might catch today
So I'm gonna miss her
When I get home
Right now I'm on this lakeshore
And I'm sittin' in the sun
I'm sure it'll hit me
When I walk throught that door tonight
Ya I'm gonna miss her
Oh, lookie there, another bite.
Bachelorette parties are annoying in straight bars too.
There was an item in the local paper about this a few days ago. Some of the gay bars have stopped holding the parties and the patrons at others were against the practice.
It seems that they are practicing the same type of discrimination that they rail against- no straights allowed.
I can just see the Professor and amba and Amanda Marcotte tossing back tequila shots and stuffing dollar bills down a strippers g-string.
Since about 99% of male strippers are gay, maybe some of your gay commenters can step into the breach and put on performance at a private venue where you don't have to go to a bar.
"Real" bachelor parties only spend a limited time at a bar to get liquored up as they usually end up in a hotel room or some sort of private space.
At least that is what I have heard. Not that I have ever been at one you see.
Once upon a time, a guy asked a girl "Will you marry me?"
The girl said, "NO!"
And the guy lived happily ever after ....
Nice Meade. And she's still going to marry you? ;-)
Can't you just see it now? We can rent out the local Odd Fellow Hall for the girls and Titus and Zach and Palladian can be on the bar in g-stings shaking their money makers.
I bet that image is seared into your brain now.
Sorry but I'd probably pay them to keep it on.
Bachelorette parties are annoying in straight bars too.
I agree.
And I also agree with the article that holding a party celebrating your wedding in a place where people are not allowed to get married is just rude and cruel.
This is just for Downtown: two gay males could have two separate bachelor parties, have a wedding ceremony where they promise to live together forever, buy a house together, and adopt some Guatemalan kid together.
But that wouldn't be enough because the State wouldn't recognize the marriage, nor would most churches, nor would most people in most communities.
DBQ -- Please show us the law that says that gay people are not allowed to get married. What are the penalties under that law? What does it say, at all?
We'll be waiting. Thanks.
DBQ -- Please show us the law that says that gay people are not allowed to get married. What are the penalties under that law? What does it say, at all?
Don't get confused Seven. I voted for Prop 8 to return the laws in California to what they were and to ammend the Constitution.... meaning marriage defined as being between one man and one woman. Civil Unions confer all the same legal standing of "marriage" at the State level. The exception is on the Federal level with Social Security. There was never any reason (other than a minority agenda trying to supress the majority) to overturn the law that the people voted on and screw with society.
But...still, people should have consideration for the feelings of others and not flaunt your wedding or your lifestyle in the face of those who it will annoy and offend. The bachelorettes in gay bars are being rude and thoughtless.
That goes both ways: for straights AND for gays. This flaunting of and shoving the gay lifestyle down the throats of the public is the main reason for the backlash and for Prop 8 in the first place.
There are several long standing gay couples in my community who are well respected, well liked, business owners, welcome at any gathering, precisely because being gay ISN'T the central tennant of their lives. No one considers them less of a "couple" than any other couple who are married or just living together in a common law type of arrangement.
This is just for Downtown: two gay males could have two separate bachelor parties, have a wedding ceremony where they promise to live together forever, buy a house together, and adopt some Guatemalan kid together.
No - it wouldn't be enough, because if the family got into a car accident in Virginia and the adoptive parent died (since gay adoption is illegal - so only one can legally be the parent), the child would be confiscated from the survivor.
It wouldn't be enough, because if one person died, the other would have to pay taxes on all property - including the house - and would be forced to sell the house in order to pay the taxes.
It wouldn't be enough, because the other person wouldn't be entitled to Social Security survivor Benefits if the other person died.
It wouldn't be enough, because if one of the partners was from another country, he would not be able to immigrate to the United States on a spousal visa.
It wouldn't be enough, because they would not have hospital visitation rights and wouldn't be able to make medical decisions for the other in case of an emergency.
It wouldn't be enough, because the other person can be banned from the funeral if the other partner's family was vindictive (happens all the time).
It wouldn't be enough, because one spouse would could be forced to testify against the other in court, something that does not apply to heterosexuals who are married.
Etc., etc., etc.
precisely because being gay ISN'T the central tennant of their lives. - DBQ
Says who? Being straight is the central tenant in every single straight person I know, so who are you to say that it's not the central tenant in a gay person's life.
Straight people completely revolve their lives around their heterosexuality. They get married (and divorced) and have kids. They make bigoted laws that revolve around married people and give benefits to married people. They go to Churches that talk about how society revolves around heterosexual families, and how we must preserve the institution of marriage (by banning gays).
Straight people can't shut up about their heterosexuality. When I meet a married person for the first time, it takes about 38 seconds for them to bring up their spouse.
That's fine. But please stop telling me and other gay people that being gay is not a central tenant of our lives, when it's ok for your heterosexuality to be a central tenant of yours. That's bullshit.
I love when you bring all that stuff up, Downtown. It's what I was hoping for. The average gay couple probably goes through at least four of those traumas each month.
I bet you yourself have tried to bring a foreign spouse to the United States, adopted a child, had your partner get sick, been unable to go to the hospital, had your partner then die, been unable to go to the funeral home, been forced to sell your house, and not been able to get his Social Security payments. Just this week.
I hope you are not required to testify in court about it. Because that would just be cruel.
Downtown -- Nobody who is straight considers their straightness central to their lives. Normal gay people don't, either. You are a freaky weirdo.
Here's a test for every straight person out there.
Try to go one year without making any mention of your heterosexuality. Don't mention your spouse. Don't mention your kids. That means if someone asks you what you did last weekend, you can't say "I went to the movies with my husband/wife", etc.
Cmon - stop "flaunting" your heterosexuality. Stop holding hands (or kissing!) in public. It's so easy for you insist that gay people do this.
Try it. For just one year.
I'll bet $100 you couldn't last one day.
Seven - Why don't you go FUCK yourself you fucking prick.
One of my good friends, who considers himself "married" was in the hospital with his friend in critical condition, and he couldn't make any medical decisions for his partner.
They had to contact his family, who was abroad, and 12 timezones away in a third world country, to make decisions over the phone. Luckily his partner's family was supportive.
Really - Go FUCK yourself.
Downtown -- A simple document would clear all that up. I imagine that most gay people are not as shortsighted as your friend.
I remember a story told me during the AIDS epidemic. A man was visiting a friend dying in hospital. It was a grim scene, as it often was in those days. The next bed in the ward had a curtain drawn around it. And from behind that curtain, you could hear someone quietly singing. The man told his friend, "Well, at least that dude is keeping his spirits up, however sick he is." And the friend replied:
"Oh, that's not the patient singing. He died this morning. And his family came to collect the body. That voice you hear is the man's partner. The family didn't approve of his relationship and they have barred him from coming to the funeral and kicked him out of their shared home. That song he's singing is the song they called their own. It was playing when they met. He used to sing it to him all the time when he was dying."
"He's still singing it even though they've taken the body away. He's singing it to an empty bed. I guess it's the last time he feels he'll ever be close to the man he loved. They were together twenty years. The hospital staff don't have the heart to ask him to leave yet."
You're a fool Seven.
A document doesn't fix ANY of those problems. Gay people are not even allowed to have contracts with each other in Virginia - it is AGAINST THE LAW.
My friend was not shortsighted.
My friend actually has a serious medical condition, and they paid thousands of dollars in legal fees (in gay friendly New York) to make sure everything was ok if my friend got sick. Unfortunately, my friend's PARTNER got sick - something that was entirely unexpected as his partner was the healthy one.
If it's nothing - then you pay the lawyers fee for them.
Gay people are not even allowed to have contracts with each other in Virginia - it is AGAINST THE LAW.
This is asinine and obviously false. It's not even worth responding to, except to point out why no one takes you seriously.
Any person anywhere in the United States can provide power of attorney to anyone else. Period.
So your friend was shortsighted.
It's so asinine and obviously TRUE.
I have an idea. Let's pass a law that says if straight people don't have a will, then all property goes to the government. It doesn't default to the spouse or the kids - it defaults to Uncle Sam.
I'm sure Seven will support this, since only short-sighted people will never have a will.
Hey dumb ass -- That article doesn't come anywhere near saying that gay people cannot have enforceable contracts. Please learn to read. Please do not be so willfully stupid.
There are no storm troopers coming for gay people, despite your obvious and warped desires for some kind of holocaust.
I ran across a discussion of this on a very left-wing feminist blog last night. A gay person was having to explain to a straight person, a regular on this thing, that when she had her bachelorette party in a gay bar she was parading her privilege and it was not appreciated.
Oh, thank you for telling me, the straight person said, because I just would not have thought of that on my own.
Heck, I thought of it right away, and according to this I am so conservative as to be off the chart. Are people stupid?
BTW, Meade left off the part about all the stuff the woman did and she lived happily ever after too.
We have to plan the bachelor and bachelorette parties here.
I think the girls and the gay guys go to the bachelorette party and the staight guys and the lesbians go to the bachelor party.
Hmmmmmm, a bachelor party in New Orleans sounds like fun.
Learn to fucking read.
"and any contractual rights created thereby," are "void and unenforceable in Virginia"
3 gay Americans were sent to prison last year for 3 months SOLELY for having private consensual sex.
The topic here is relevant. Seven, thick-headed idiot that he is, can't fathom why a gay person at a gay bar would be offended by straight assholes parading their right to get married in front of those who can't get married.
Because Seven thinks that marriage brings ZERO benefits, when it actually brings over a thousand legal rights and benefits.
created thereby
Learn to read.
I am sorry that I didn't include you as one of the male stippers
in the bachelor party downtownlad. I forgot and that was an unforgiveable oversight. You are an important commenter and deserve to be included. My appolgies.
I was at a bachelor party in New Orleans. Good times.
Of course, gay people cannot have bachelor parties in New Orleans.
Here's a list of the 1000 plus rights:
Here's a sample:
Assumption of Spouse's Pension
Automatic Inheritance
Automatic Housing Lease Transfer
Bereavement Leave
Burial Determination
Child Custody
Crime Victim's Recovery Benefits
Divorce Protections
Domestic Violence Protection
Exemption from Property Tax on Partner's Death
Immunity from Testifying Against Spouse
Insurance Breaks
Joint Adoption and Foster Care
Joint Bankruptcy
Joint Parenting (Insurance Coverage, School Records)
Medical Decisions on Behalf of Partner
Certain Property Rights
Reduced Rate Memberships
Sick Leave to Care for Partner
Visitation of Partner's Children
Visitation of Partner in Hospital or Prison
Wrongful Death (Loss of Consort) Benefits
And if you work for the United States government, and your same-sex partner dies, and you try and take bereavement leave - you get fired.
Of course they can. You do know that about 99% of the female strippers are also gay? So there are always gay people at bachelor and bachelorette parties. You should always get a private room.
Just be sure that there are two means of egress and enough room to fit the donkey through the door.
Who goes longer-
DTL or Seven?
In my circle of family and friends, we always attach a very heavy bowling ball at the end of a chain to the leg of future groom. He has to carry it around during all the festivities to symbolize his soon to be permanent condition.
This is enlightening in that it gives us a window into Downtown's confused head. Let's take a look at that list:
Assumption of Spouse's Pension -- NOT A RIGHT.
Automatic Inheritance -- DEFAULT PROBATE LAW. Get a will.
Automatic Housing Lease Transfer -- AMEND LEASE CONTRACT.
Bereavement Leave -- NOT A RIGHT.
Burial Determination -- GET A WILL.
Child Custody -- NOT A RIGHT.
Crime Victim's Recovery Benefits -- NOT A RIGHT.
Divorce Protections -- NOT AN ISSUE. No marriage.
Domestic Violence Protection -- FALSE. Battery against gays is not legal.
Exemption from Property Tax on Partner's Death -- NOT A RIGHT.
Immunity from Testifying Against Spouse -- DOWNTOWN'S FAVORITE. An actual right! One that affects no one, ever.
Insurance Breaks -- NOT A RIGHT.
Joint Adoption and Foster Care -- NOT A RIGHT.
Joint Bankruptcy -- GO BANKRUPT SEPARATELY.
Joint Parenting (Insurance Coverage, School Records) - NOT A RIGHT.
Medical Decisions on Behalf of Partner - NOT A RIGHT.
Certain Property Rights -- GOOD ONE! Very concise.
Reduced Rate Memberships - LAUGHABLY NOT A RIGHT.
Sick Leave to Care for Partner - NOT A RIGHT.
Visitation of Partner's Children - NOT A RIGHT.
Visitation of Partner in Hospital or Prison - NOT A RIGHT.
Wrongful Death (Loss of Consort) Benefits - NOT A RIGHT. Get an attorney and sue, anyway. It's just common law.
Mad -- Downtown will win the endurance contest. I am just abetting his victimhood for awhile.
Seven Machos,
When you argue with DTL, you are arguing with an idiot. It is a waste of brain power. Let me give you some sage advice. never argue with an idiot. They bring you down too their low level and try to beat you everytime.
That's true I've known DTL for many blogs.
I derive obscene pleasure from arguing with Downtown. I knew where this fight would go when I picked it.
The topic here is relevant. Seven, thick-headed idiot that he is, can't fathom why a gay person at a gay bar would be offended by straight assholes
Thanks for proving my point. Gays want to practice the same discrimination they are supposedly fighting against. You are a hypocrite, like the rest of your political ilk.
Laura -- So I guess when the two gay guys walks into the smoky, working class bar and the guys from the welding crew take offense, that's cool with you. Right?
Think hard before you answer. You are going to have to address some serious inconsistencies.
I hate discrimination. So when we pick out the strippers I want one from every race and nationality. White, black, Asian, Latin the whole united colors of Benneton.
Especially some Dominican ones for Lem. He is kinda sad.
Has anybody heard from Lem? Or is he commenting over at Atlas Shrugged now?
Lem was here just today. He made a great comment in another thread.
Hey Troop,
Don't forget the Inuits! Eskimo Pie for everyone!!!
I don't know. I heard those bitches are just cold. Plus when they oil up with that seal blubber it just ain't the same as cocco butter ya know.
Anthony wrote: "If I'm seeking to avoid any particular person, it's straight men."
The direct honesty of that made me laugh. Bravo! I support your freedom of association.
"I'd rather be at a place where I feel comfortable, and that usually isn't a place surrounded by a bunch of frat boys."
There you get all bigoted on us. Next time someone straight says "I don't want to go to that bar, it is full of queens" I hope you wince and utter a few mea culpas.
It will do you some good.
DTL, your 10:52 post was the best and most persuasive post I have read that you wrote. Outstanding.
Then by 10:58 you are all victim oriented and borderline again. Why do you insist on making overblown statements like "most gay people are like me" or "Being straight is the central tenant in every single straight person I know.
Honestly, I did not know you were capable of the post at 10:52. My appologies. But the other crap should stop. You are obviously capable of so much more, just quit the whining and work on losing your bigotry. You have more to offer, start doing something about it.
Since about 99% of male strippers are gay...
Hate to disappoint you Trooper, but that's not the case. Trust me. It's in fact the other way around, where 99% of male strippers are actually straight, and I'd say that 100% of the male strippers who work in gay bars are straight. I have first hand experience figuring this out, so to speak.
Something I've realized after going out to a lot of clubs and bars with male strippers, and now in the industry I work in, is that straight men are much, much more free and uninhibited when it comes to showing off their bodies. They don't give a shit, and are willing to show everything, and do everything, if the pay is right. They are proud and unashamed of their bodies. Gay men, on the other hand, are much more picky and reluctant when it comes to how much they are willing to show and do. They know they'll be judge by other gay men, and gay men can be picky. Straight guys are just like, whatever! Who cares?!
DTL's parents were absolutely evil to him.
Yet, he still loves them. I think.
So you can see why DTL wants to blame society, the Catholic Church anybody but his parents.
It is actually rational of him to try to excuse the rejection he suffered and blame it on anything other than his own parents.
You also can't discriminate against the ugly ones. You have to have ugly ones too...
You could be right Zach. Or you could be the exact opposite of what a straight guy says.
"That stripper won't have sex with me. She must be a lesbian."
"Hey that stripper won't have sex with me, he must be straight."
The world is a circle and the gays and straights have a lot more in common than they might think.
Not that I ever messed around with strippers when I was single. You understand.
It's just talk I heard around the water cooler.
Moose, ugly strippers are the best. They are so grateful for a dollar or two. You can't beat that.
Here's hopin' your wife had the street smarts to make sure you were tested and had all your shots.
I'm just sayin'.
Hey take it easy there girlie, like being in the army was like being the convent.
So where will althouse's bachelorette party be?
Gotta be the Cardinal. Stick it to 'em, Ann.
Actually, I think all bachelorette parties should be held at gay bars.
Can someone explain what the attraction of the gay bar is to the women in these bachelorette parties? Why is that a preferred destination?
While I'm not necessarily down with a ban on such parties, I do think it is legitimately inconsiderate. And it just doesn't make sense, really. Not only are they rubbing the marriage thing in their faces, they're disrespecting the whole point of having a gay bar. Or so it seems to me. Someone, help me understand.
I guess I do know some women who seem to almost fetishize their gay-friendliness, like they have something to prove. But there's a time and a place for everything.
(Also, "Trice" is a she.)
Madasetc wrote: "It is actually rational of him to try to excuse the rejection he suffered and blame it on anything other than his own parents."
First, what a kind, supportive statement concerning DTL. I think I had read about his parents being horrible, and that sucks.
I would not read the drivel he wrote most of the time. Then he made that eloquent, coherent, persuasive post.
So I threw in my opinion. It was not nice, but it is kind advice, and I hope he takes it. Honestly, I did not see any reason to engage him other then to say when he is lying before this.
What I think is going on is close to what you said about it being rational. A lot of the people I work with were hurt as kids, and they do the best they can to deal with the situation while they are kids. But for some of them, they continue to use child like approaches to dealing with the problem after they are all grown up.
In that way, what was once rational and adaptive has become self-sabatoging and irrational.
But, I appreciate your kind understanding of DTL and the kind and respectful way you confronted me about it. Bravo.
And if you work for the United States government, and your same-sex partner dies, and you try and take bereavement leave - you get fired.
That is so very not true. You can take sick leave for anyone who is a long list of relationships and "related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship.
If you are talking about FMLA, that is true, because it is mandated by law that it can only be a spouse, parent, or child. Notice this leaves out a lot of people you might want to take leave for, like grandparents/grandchildren and siblings.
I am sympathetic with your larger point, but your facts were incorrect on this one.
The last bachelorette party I went to we had dinner and then watched movies at a hotel. I suspect many are equally tame.
Hey take it easy there girlie, like being in the army was like being the convent.
In the words of General George Smith Patton: "A man who won't fuck won't fight."
Now about those strippers, how about Navajo or Hopi Indian strippers? You know Southwestern is still kind of popular?
Hey take it easy there girlie, like being in the army was like being the convent.
How did you know I was a nun?
You can call me mad for short.
I get what you are saying-maybe the more damaged you were the longer it takes to change that up into something more useful.
I can't imagine my own parents knowing me well for all my life and then when I present them with one variable they say essentially that all of me is-wrong/evil.
PS I get the sometimes you got t o be cruel to be kind thing.
Sometimes the best thing that happens here to DTL is when Palladian takes care of him.
Can someone explain what the attraction of the gay bar is to the women in these bachelorette parties?
I didn't read the article so I'm not sure if they're going to gay bars, or gay strip clubs. If it's the later, I suspect it's because that's the only kind of male strip club around (this was true in DC at least). If it's the former, I'm not sure, but I know when I was in college women used to go to gay clubs for a couple of reason. 1. They were going with their gay friends and that's just where they were going and 2. Sometimes it's nice to be able to go to a club and not get your ass grabbed constantly. I could see this being appealing to someone who is about to get married who wants to have fun, and maybe be around some men, but be nowhere in the realm of cheating.
To be honest, I may never have thought about it hurting some gay people to see bachelorette parties, so thanks to dbq for bringing up that side.
Can someone explain what the attraction of the gay bar is to the women in these bachelorette parties?
Two reasons:
One, they are hip and trendy.
Two, and more importantly, they are safe. The woman can get drunk, dance, get drunker, dance some more, get puking stinking and filthy plastered, stumble around, and not have to worry about being pawed, hit on, or any other safety issue.
I didn't say you were a nun, I said you were not getting none, or something like that.
Indian stripper make me make a tepee in my pants. That's casino Indians not 7-11 Indians.
"Sometimes the best thing that happens here to DTL is when Palladian takes care of him."
For you newbies that doesn't mean what you think it means. Just sayn'
Can someone explain what the attraction of the gay bar is to the women in these bachelorette parties? Why is that a preferred destination?
Women like being admired and complimented without any of the straight guy buffoonery that goes along with it. They know that when a gay guy says something nice to her, they probably mean it. The gays usually tell it like it is.
Also, gays know how to party much better than straights. We pick the best cocktails, know how to dance, and share a lot of female interests, so there's always something to talk/gossip about. I don't mind seeing a groups of fun girls in a gay bar, so long as they are dressed cute and know how to do jager shots. Girls who don't know how to pound drinks and accessorize are worthless.
From The Onion, of course.
Area Woman Recalls Days When She Resented Being Hit On
SALEM, OR—Kimberly Jones, 43, vividly remembers the bygone days when she took umbrage at being pursued by aggressive suitors, sources reported Monday. "I was quite the looker back in college—I couldn't even go out for a few drinks with my girlfriends without some guy macking on me," Jones said from the kitchen of her one-bedroom apartment. "That used to really piss me off for some reason I can no longer even begin to fathom. Maybe my memory is starting to go." Jones then gazed longingly into her cup of tea.
I don't blame straight men for wanting not wanting to go to gay bars. They probably don't want to go for the same reasons I don't go to bars with lots of straight men: discomfort. My description of the type of straight man I associate my discomfort with as a "frat boy" was in jest. I'm not going to list the many wonderful, straight male friends I have (not to mention my straight father and my two straight brothers), but I hope you'll understand that characterizing the college-aged guys I'm around at the bars I attend in Madison, WI as frat boys is, of course, a stereotype, but nonetheless reasonably accurate.
Additionally, the discomfort some straight men may feel about going to a gay bar filled with "queens" is generally an "ick" factor (overt homosexuality, perhaps being hit on by gay men, disapproval of homosexuals), my discomfort from being around a bunch of "frat boys" are that I have on more than one occasion not only felt unwelcome, but unsafe.
Did you ever see the onion article when Al Gore gives his State of the Union address to his cats? Classic.
"That used to really piss me off for some reason I can no longer even begin to fathom. Maybe my memory is starting to go." Jones then gazed longingly into her cup of tea.
LOL. The Onion. Closer to reality than we want to admit.
I remember when I was younger getting carded all the time for bars and buying booze and being all put out sbout it. What a let down when no one asked anymore.
Sigh /gazzing longingly into my tea. Hmmmm. maybe I should add a shot of brandy?
I worked with an old gay guy at a bar once. He would get way too close for comfort -- shoulder massaging, the whole business.
I really developed an understanding of how much it must suck to get sexually harassed. I don't miss it.
DBQ -- I used to get so mad when I was carded. Long after I was 21, liquor stores would not sell to me. Made me furious. Now, when I don't get carded, I am deeply saddened.
Women like being admired and complimented without any of the straight guy buffoonery that goes along with it. They know that when a gay guy says something nice to her, they probably mean it. The gays usually tell it like it is.
This is pretty much true and probably why the women in the article like to hang in a gay guy's bar. That and the likelihood of being hit on is much less.
But... back to my point, I think that it is somewhat thoughtless and probably rude to flaunt a marriage/bachelorette party in that venue. Putting myself in the other person's shoes, so to speak, I think I would be a bit resentful. Maybe I'm being overly sensitive but I would guess that such a party in this political environment wouldn't get a great reception from the bar regulars.
Am I wrong?
Gay bars where only gay people should be able to do gay things = good.
A society that only recognizes heterosexual marriages = bad.
Got it. Check.
I'm curious what Althouse thinks about the substance of Dan's point.
I don't really care about women in gay bars but I do think celebrating a heterosexual marriage in a gay bar is really a pretty aggressively offensive thing to do. Gay men don't come to Southern Baptist conventions to get drunk and obnoxious and celebrate homosexuality... at least as far as I know. The thing is, the kind of woman who decides to have a bachelorette party at a gay bar is probably a pretty pro-gay kinda person, just not very smart or sensitive.
Right, Joseph. And that poor gay kid in Wyoming got what he had coming to him. Insensitive bastard.
How does one spot a "gay bar" anyway?
Is there some sort of secret code, like there's a special kind of fern in the vestibule or something?
Seriously, I need to know because I don't want to walk into one by accident.
You see, I once had a bad experience where I was attacked by three gay guys.
Two of them held me down and the third one did my hair.
* bah dum bum *
Um, I said celebrating straights-only marriage in a gay bar was offensive and insensitive. I'm not sure how that relates to torturing and murdering a kid for being gay.
I always know I'm in a gay bar when I see mustachioed men in tight leather vests and police hats.
Maybe I'm being overly sensitive but I would guess that such a party in this political environment wouldn't get a great reception from the bar regulars.
Am I wrong?
Yes. Gays loves weddings, even straight weddings. My best girlfriend is getting married later this year and I'm helping her plan. If girls want to have their parties in gay bars, please do. That's the nature of a gay bar and its patrons, by the way...to welcome and celebrate everyone who comes in.
Of course, if the straights started taking over and throwing parties in gay bars every single night, it would be fucking ridiculous. But, that would never happen.
If I own a bar, I am happy that 10 or 30 people come in who want to get shitfaced and aren't likely to cause trouble.
If somebody's upset about it, they can find another bar.
Am I wrong? asked me.
"Yes. Gays loves weddings, even straight weddings"
That's nice to know. I'm too old to be bar hopping or bachelorette partying ...LOL. So I'm not likely to be offending anyone in that area.
Just wondered because, at least for some gays, there seem to be (understandably) hard feelings about the topic.
I got to gay bars and don't give a shit if women are there. Many gays bring women friends with them. My straight male friends who also come with me to gay bars usually always score with the women.
I would prefer not to see a bachelorette party at a gay bar though but I would prefer not to see a bachelorette party at any bar.
I am crowning and getting ready to pinch.
"I always know I'm in a gay bar when I see mustachioed men in tight leather vests and police hats."
What year was that? 1978?
You mean that doesn't really happen?
I agree with Zach. Women enjoy being around the gays because we will compliment them on clothes, hair, etc and they know there is nothing behind it and usually trust that we have good taste.
I was out Saturday night with a few friends and another friend stopped by with a beautiful girl and we all hung out. Of course, we were all over her, loving her and she was in heaven. And I believe women can become more uninhibited and "themselves" around gay men. No weirdness or sexual tension is at play.
A lot of bars nowadays are not even totally gay. Many of the so called gay bars are now mixed.
Sure you can go to some hardcore leather bars which is all gay but many of the places many gays go now have a mixed gay straight crowd.
And I can honestly tell you I don't know any gay friends that wear leather or police hats or is a sailor or military guy or whatever. I and all of my friends would look and feel completely silly.
That is one small subculture, among many subcultures in the gay world.
There are also muscle boys-chelsea boys, twinks, latinos, thugs, asians, fashion queens, Wall Street types, preps, jocks, blue collar, every type. Just like the straights.
Each large city may have one leather bar...out of many bars. The others can be complete holes in the wall to giant clubs and everything in between.
The places I go now have a mixed clientiele and are more like lounges. Anyoone would feel comfortable going into them.
We really are like the old saying, we are everywhere!!!!!
Just so you know, Titus, I was joking about the stereotype of gay men at gay bars.
Oh, OK, I didn't know.
Sometimes I think people really think that about us.
I couldn't grow a mustache if I tried.
Mad, thanks. My dyslexia gets me on certain names. I thought Palladian was Paladin, and I almost NEVER try to write out Rev. But even for me, what I did to your name was really horrid!!!!!
Anthony, I hear you. And I get the college town context now. Seems I missed the boat you were riding completely. It speaks well of you that you corrected me with such kindness. Please forgive my irritated post.
One of my golf buddies is gay. The only time it bugs me is when he gets frisky and touches my ass or something. But then I got mad at a lady who did that too.
Gay bars are a mixed bag for me. Drag shows absolutely slay me, I am like the French for Jerry Lewis when it comes to that. Nobody has ever been rude to me at any gay bar. For me, the number of good beers available is much more salient than the sexual interests of my fellow patrons. 8)
But I do go to a bar where I can smoke a cigar. And I frankly enjoy it when someone at another table complains to the waitress and they are asked to leave. I am not particularly proud of that feeling, but it is like I will be damned before someone gets uppity at one of two bars in town where I can smoke a stogie. They have every other bar in Nashville.
I wonder if that is what it feels like to have a breeder convention at a gay person's favorite gay bar? It just makes the place a bit out of sorts, and you feel kinda good when they leave.
But again, please forgive my rude post. I wish I could take it back.
But I do go to a bar where I can smoke a cigar.
Is that still legal in AmeriKa? Tobbacco usage in a public place? In the Soviet Socailist Republic of ChiKago, it is illegal and it is illegal to smoke within fifteen feet of the entrance to ap public place- aka the public sidewalk. Five hundred dollar fine.
I did not know that there was still a real America out there.
Trey I have to come visit you man. It is illegal to smoke here in NYC except in the after hours where everyone else is smoking crack. Sounds great.
Meade said: "And the guy lived happily ever after and rode motorcycles and went
fishing and hunting and played golf, drank a lot of beer and tequila
and gambled and left the toilet seat up and farted whenever he want."
Good golly man, don't you know that you can do this when you are married? One small thing, don't leave the toilet seat up!
I am amazed at all these straight guys that get hit on by gay guys. You must be hot because I have never hit on a straight guy ever.
I wasn't hit on so much as uncomfortably fondled.
I don't wish you could take your post back. I appreciate your opinions and your thoughts. You've been far kinder to me in your comments than others have been in the past. I admire your ability to be forthright, and to listen openly. It's refreshing. Thanks.
Not all male strippers are Gay. In Ireland we're straight.
How does one spot a "gay bar" anyway?
The first club we went to in DC when I was a freshman in college was a gay bar, but we didn't realize it until we got there (someone had recommended it). There was a list of rules at the front door that said something like "X is a gay bar. If you have a problem with this, go home". We decided to go in anyway and were informed that it was "straight night". Hee.
My straight male friends who also come with me to gay bars usually always score with the women.
Every time I ever went to a gay bar there is some straight man there who hooks up with somebody.
Anthony, what I regret is misunderstanding what you said as bigotry, when it was not.
I hate when people do that to me, and it is embarassing that I did it to you. But thanks. You are one of the good guys, and I will not forget that.
And thank you for your kindness, I look forward to returning it.
Trooper, I would be honored to show you around.
The first round and first cigar will be on me.
Sorry I missed this:
"Laura -- So I guess when the two gay guys walks into the smoky, working class bar and the guys from the welding crew take offense, that's cool with you. Right?
Think hard before you answer. You are going to have to address some serious inconsistencies."
Only if there's something the welding guys aren't allowed to do and the gay guys are, and their "walking into the bar" is a public celebration of it. I suspect that if the welding guys want to get boyfriends there's nothing stopping them.
Where are the inconsistencies now?
In your world, Laura, welding guys aren't allowed to express the discomfort they feel around gays. But we should all respect the (possible) discomfort felt by gay people about straight people having pre-wedding parties in the wrong places.
I imagine that your whole worldview is rife with this kind of inconsistency, all of it swirling around to promote your own most important virtue: viewing yourself as "tolerant."
Good luck. Don't take any logic classes. Better to shield your tender psyche.
"In your world, Laura, welding guys aren't allowed to express the discomfort they feel around gays."
In my world, welding guys need to join the rest of us by not being discomforted by the mere presence of people who are not exactly like them. However, if the presence of gay people makes them feel uncomfortable, then they can express it for all of me. I have to say that I work around welding guys and I can't imagine them getting the vapors because they might have to see a gay person. Maybe they're secure in their manhood, or whatever, but I can't see them really caring that much.
"But we should all respect the (possible) discomfort felt by gay people about straight people having pre-wedding parties in the wrong places."
You don't have to respect anything, seven machos. If you can't see anything wrong with celebrating an impending wedding in front of people who are not allowed to get married, then bully for you. Seek out toddlers to eat cookies in front of and don't offer them any, while you're at it.
I'll add that I'm not sure what I think about gay marriage, but I am sure that people don't have to go out of their way to insult other people. And if the girls doing those bachelorette parties can't see that that's what they're doing I think they're pretty stupid.


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REAL ESTATE- ON THE BLOCK- Urban aerie: Flying high on Evergreen
ADDRESS: 713 Evergreen Avenue
NEIGHBORHOOD: North Downtown
SIZE: 1,845 fin. sq. ft., 939 unfin.
LAND: 0.15 acres
CURB APPEAL: 8 out of 10
LISTED BY: Tim Carson, Century 21 Manley Associates, 977-7300
Even though the word on the street is that the mighty real estate wind of the last couple of years has deflated to a puff, anyone who drives around town sees evidence to the contrary. Not only is almost every vacant lot decorated with a "for sale" sign or in the process of being defiled by backhoes and pavers, but interesting or well-placed properties– even (or perhaps especially) those with high-dollar price tags– are still selling (including a million-plus stone house on First Street that went under contract within a couple of weeks of listing).
This house is testimony to the fact that any sort of city property is fair game for development. Despite the agent's characterization of the lot as "gently rolling," it is in fact a steeply sloping parcel on the corner where Lexington Avenue turns into Evergreen, where houses back up to a ravine between those streets and Lyons and Locust avenues.
Anyone looking for a yard where tots can gambol or gardeners can plant a row or two of bok choi in the springtime should look elsewhere. But childless couples or folks satisfied with a Saturday morning stroll to the City Market for their chard might enjoy the almost treehouse-like ambience.
From the third level (but actually the second floor, as is the case with most cliffhangers), the feeling is like being in an eagle's nest– or in the top bucket of a Ferris wheel.
The views include a peek into backyards (including a wooded one with a pond), but the steep lot makes for an odd layout of rooms. While the house theoretically "faces" Evergreen Avenue, the front door is actually on the side, which means one enters a pleasant tile-floor, high-ceiling atrium-like space in the middle of the house directly in front of stairs leading to the upper level.
To the right is the heart of the place: a large family/living area with pretty built-in shelves and cabinets, and walls of windows providing lots of light and views to the tops of trees across the way.
The kitchen occupies the right side of this large room and includes a deep window seat (with storage) that can be used as country-style dining-table seating. Stainless counters and a soapstone-topped island are a welcome break from the cliche of granite, and deep custom cherry cabinets glow in the plentiful bright sunlight.
Also on this level is a front room on the street side– ostensibly the "formal" living room, but impossible to imagine using because of its placement so completely out of the "flow" of the house. Converting it to a library or study for occasional use makes some sense. There's also a pretty half bath, nicely tiled to match the kitchen backsplash, and stairs to a large basement (actually the ground level at the rear).
The owner says this space is ready to be converted to a separate unit– plumbing for kitchen and bath are roughed in– and there's certainly plenty of room. But access from the steep lot might require some agility.
On the top level, three bedrooms take full advantage of the soaring design, including peaked ceilings, recessed lighting, and more and more windows. Up here, the bamboo floors of the first level are replaced by wall-to-wall, but that may not bother folks with a housekeeper to vacuum every so often. The fully tiled master and guest baths are also very appealing.
One element of the house that's not visible but which is no doubt a selling point is a state-of-the-art security system and "smart wiring" for ethernet and other high-tech applications. The owner also points out that "top quality" materials were used in the construction, including tough-as-concrete Hardiplank and thicker-than-required beams.
Since the house is so new, there doesn't seem to be much left to do, although the owner reports she had plans for a deck off the kitchen. It would be interesting to see how that would be designed. Out on such a deck, one might feel like Rose and Jack leaning over the prow of the big ship (what was its name again?), the lower part of the yard like the ocean far below.
On the other hand, it might just seem like a deck on the back of a new house downtown. Like views of the real estate boom/bust, it's all a matter of perspective.
Photos by Rosalind Warfield-Brown

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This page of the website contains information pertaining to the Troop under the 1st Kanata Scout Group. It is primarily intended for Scouts and Parents; it provides what we hope is the latest information on forthcoming meetings and events. In the calendar below, all the planned meetings and camps are shown; however, the primary information resource for all scout activity is ScoutsTracker and all registered scouts have their own ScoutsTracker account. As that is updated, changes will be reflected automatically in here. Please note that Google Calendar can take up to 12 hours to show changes made in ScoutsTracker. If you ever ask the question 'what time should I be where tonight and wearing what?' this is the place for you.
The Scout Troop meets weekly Mondays from 7pm to 9pm at the Beaverbrook Community Centre, 4 Beaverbrook Road, Kanata, ON.
For more information about Registration and Group Events, please go to our main website found here.


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A quick glance at Ignacio Volleyball's monthly calendar online at maxpreps.com shows that head coach Thad Cano wants the month of July to be as action-packed as possible prior to the upcoming season.
In the immediate future, the Volleycats are scheduled to attend this weekend's Adams State University team camp in Alamosa this weekend, and then return, regroup, and host their 2014 All-American Volleyball Skills Camp next weekend.
The latter event will be featuring Sue Webber as the senior guest coach offering instruction.
Webber is the Englewood-based Front Range Volleyball Club's 16-Red coach and FRVBC's collegiate-recruiting coordinator since January. She starred as a NCAA Division I right-side hitter for the University of Illinois. After graduating in 2003, Webber played on the AVPNext and Extreme Volleyball Professionals sand circuits, as well as in Europe, and in '13 suited up for Great Lakes Swing Away in the Premier Volleyball League-an indoor pro league of teams from among USA Volleyball's forty sanctioned regional associations.
Also coming to unlearn what she learned from a Division I playing career completed just this past year at Brigham Young University will be Kimberli Boswell.
The six-foot-two player was part of a senior class which went 87-36 overall while the team transitioned out of the Mountain West and into the West Coast Conference, and which made consecutive appearances in the NCAA Tournament's 'Sweet 16.'
She also stood out in the classroom, being named a MWC Scholar Athlete (3.5+ grade-point average) as a freshman.
The camp, priced at $153, will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each of the three days. To register or request more information, call Cano at (505) 634-6492.


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Please don't stop me, but you have read this before: A widely-used tech product is found to have a privacy flaw, spurring consternation among users and calls for action in Congress–as well as panicked "we need something on this" story-assignment e-mails from editors. And then we learn that the situation isn't as horrific as first portrayed.
The latest version of this tech trope involves the discovery that Apple's iPhones and 3G-equipped iPads regularly save your location, as determined from nearby wireless transmitters, in a hidden but easily-accessed "consolidated.db" file, and do so without your notice or consent. O'Reilly and Associates researchers Alasdair Allan and Pete Warden summarized their "discovery" yesterday and posted an iPhoneTracker application that lets you see these records on a map.
That quickly led to numerous blog posts illustrated with iPhoneTracker-generated maps portraying their authors' wanderings in fascinating detail. (That was not the case when I ran this app: Since it only shows data from the most-recently-synced iOS device, its map correctly indicated that the iPad 2 loaned by Apple PR had not left my house.) Congress and the FCC quickly began demanding explanations, while Apple engaged in its characteristic routine of not answering anybody's questions. (FYI to Apple PR: That's a good way to make your company look guilty.)
The massive Web traffic typically generated by pieces about Apple and the iPhone could not have hurt this story's popularity among editors.
But… there's no evidence that Apple is collecting this data from its users' computers, an iPhone needs to save its location to help location-based apps function, iOS has always done this and people have known about the log in consolidated.db for months, as computing-forensics research Alex Levinson blogged today. Also, wireless carriers already track your location.
There are still serious issues: Why store this information in perpetuity instead of keeping only recent data? How does this conduct square with Apple's insistence that third-party apps get your permission before tracking you? The answer to that first and most important question likely boils down to a programming oversight, perhaps fostered by the ever-lower price of flash memory–why bother automatically trimming a log file if you've got plenty of room for it?
That's not nearly as outrageous as a headline like "Apple tracks your location" might suggest. Too bad.
I saw this kind of story arc play out repeatedly in my time at the Post. After two different Facebook privacy scares–each involving the Web's standard "referrer" feature–turned out to be far less frightening on closer inspection, I wrote a column critiquing over-caffeinated coverage of data breaches.
The next time you see a story along these lines, remember two things. One, software development is rarely tidy. Two, companies exist to make money, preferably with less effort rather than more. Before you freak out over an alleged privacy issue, consider which factor provides a more plausible explanation for the problem.
4/22, 11:40 a.m. The Wall Street Journal's Julia Angwin and Jennifer Valentino-Devries provide much more context in a story today. They write that both Apple and Google automatically collect data on nearby WiFi hotspots to build out databases that iPhones and Android phones can use to determine their locations faster than GPS would allow. But this doesn't seem to be much of a secret: As I recall, the setup screens in Android clearly note that Google collects location information to improve its services, and Apple explained its conduct in a letter provided to Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) last summer and posted on his site.


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Use Case:
I work as a consultant in technical standards (e.g. ISO standards). My repository of standards drafts etc. files for the last year alone has around 1200 files in, all of them having cryptic names. For example
I participate in many organisations and any one file may be relevant to several of them. To work effectively in various meetings with such a large quantity of files mandates that I use Metadata and can manipulate that quickly to find some particular small subset of files I need at some time. Tags are the obvious mechanism to use. One possible strategy to finding files quickly across say 7 tags (more would violate 7+/-2 - keeping number of tags reasonable is desirable) is to label files that have been dealt with and are mostly obsolete with a "DONE" tag and to search for
A and not DONE
instead of just searching for A
Hence the need to easily negate a tag in a search expression.
I realise I can do this with saved searches but that doesn't have the agility-of-use of just typing a search expression in the search box.
Without being able to negate a tag a strategy to do the same might be to label every file with a "notDONE" and remove it when that file is done with. However, that's clumsy and tags far more items than necessary (and minimising the use of tags is good too).
I guess I could use a strategy of moving files between repositories or putting them in directories but both these are clumsy because even when a file is labelled "done" I still need to sometimes do searches in which it should appear.
Practically, these work-around strategies are messy.
A partial work-around:
I couldn't get forum registration to work a couple of days ago (it seems fine now) so I emailed Michael and he suggested this:
"As a workaround, have you considered using a smart folder for "None 'of the following': Tags 'contains any of' done"? With that smart folder selected, you could then simply type "A" in the search field; you wouldn't have to keep going back to the Edit Smart Folder window."
Whilst this does go some way to meeting the use case above (thanks Michael) it still leaves some issues. For example its not possible with this solution to also use tag selection in the sidebar. The best, most flexible solution (imho) would be to be able to negate a tag (i.e. select records that don't contain) in a search expression.
Anyone have thoughts about this ?
btw: thankyou Michael - the level of support you provide for EF is outstanding and would lead me too choose EF over other products even if I hadn't already decided to buy it.


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The mission of the Biological Sciences program at Murray State University is to prepare
students for graduate and professional schools, employment in entry-level research
and development, and teaching positions in the biological sciences.
Biological Sciences students will be versatile, flexible graduates who are able to contribute to an employer's enterprise on a multitude of levels. The desired balance of technical competency, depth of knowledge, and broad-based knowledge and preparation is achieved via a comprehensive set of curricular requirements. The Biological Sciences program is designed to:
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- Provide a comprehensive set of courses in the biological sciences. Required as part of the core curriculum and complemented by science electives, our courses emphasize the biomedical or ecological fields.
- Incorporate meaningful laboratory experiences into the curriculum beginning with the freshman year (BIO 216: Biological Inquiry and Analysis) and continuing with undergraduate research and internships in both the biomedical and ecological fields. Laboratory opportunities are critical to scientific development.
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footwear and a song to boot
Boot maker to the Nashville stars,
Bo Riddle
dreams of his own hit single
footwear and a song to boot
Boot maker to the Nashville stars,
Bo Riddle
dreams of his own hit single
footwear and a song to boot
Boot maker to the Nashville stars,
Bo Riddle
dreams of his own hit single
by Bob McEowen
As long as performers
have donned rhinestone-studded suits country music has been as much
about style as twangy guitar riffs and tales of broken hearts. Whether
it's the right hat, the skin-tight
jeans or the flashiest western boots, creating a look is all part of
the act.
When it comes to
boots, a veritable hit parade of Nashville stars has turned to Bo
Riddle, a Missouri native who recently moved to Ozark after working
in Tennessee and Arkansas.
At this year's
CMA Awards ceremony singing duo Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry
wore boots bearing the Bo Riddle brand. Bo has made boots for Lee
Greenwood, Alan Jackson, Kenny Chesney and many other singing sensations.
Marty Stuart — one
of the most style-conscious country entertainers ever — rarely takes
the stage without a pair of Bo's boots.
probably made a dozen pair for Marty Stuart," Bo says. "He
told me he doesn't wear anything on stage that I didn't make."
boots have been featured in museums and in coffee table books celebrating
the art of the cowboy boot. But unless customers spy the personal messages
scrawled on publicity photos adorning his shop walls they might assume
Bo was just another shoe repairman, replacing half soles and fixing heel
That impression
would be as wrong as the one held by country music insiders who knew
Bo as "the" boot maker to the stars
during his Nashville days in the 1990s. While Bo made his reputation
crafting outrageous $3,000 works of art for celebrities, his stock
in trade is providing custom-fitted footwear for the rest of us.
prices starting at $600, Bo will custom make a pair of western
boots that fit the customer to a T. But even that, he says, doesn't
describe his true calling. While he's earned his living for
nearly 30 years making boots, Bo, 48, says he's really a
a guy with a dream like anybody else," he
says. "I
think I have a hit song in me and I'm pursuing that. In the
meantime real life dictates that I make boots to pay my bills."
Bo was in seventh grade his father traded a 1964 GMC pickup for
a shoe repair shop a friend had inherited. The father and son
learned the craft together and operated the business, first in Willow
Springs and later in Kirksville.
After high school,
Bo attended technical school in Oklahoma to learn boot making. Although
he traveled as a musician for six years, playing fiddle in country
bands, he eventually settled down to make boots in Birmingham, Ala.
Ironically, Bo's
great-grandfather made boots there during the Civil War.
a fire destroyed his home, Bo took a job teaching boot making at
a minimum-security prison. Bored with teaching, a year later he
moved to Nashville to be a songwriter. Meanwhile, he managed a chain
of shoe shops to pay the rent.
Bo landed a record
deal with an independent label and released an album. The record
never went anywhere and is now relegated to the bargain bin.
got some decent airplay but the bottom line was it's hard
to compete with the major labels," Bo says. "I never
did get any royalties off of it."
Despite his determination
to concentrate on music, Bo's first wife saw
more money in boots and pushed him to return to his craft.
When Kix Brooks, later of Brooks and Dunn fame but then an up-and-coming
artist, came into Bo's
store looking for a pair of black boots emblazoned with
red flames, Bo agreed to make them. Word of Bo's boot making
ability soon reached a press agent for Marty Stuart.
brought Marty in to meet me and see my work. It went from there
and I became Marty's custom boot maker," Bo says. "Marty
and I became very good friends."
With the king of
Nashville cowboy style in his corner Bo's reputation spread
like wildfire. "Marty has referred a lot of customers
to me, both fans and fellow artists," Bo says. "I've
made boots for so many of them I've just lost
The relationship
began a period of Bo's
life that was both heady and unsettling as he looks
"I was welcome
in the circles of the stars," Bo says. "My regular
Friday and Saturday night hang out was backstage
at the Grand Ole Opry. I had an open door every
time I wanted to go out there. It was kind of an ego-swelling
event for me."
Bo's boot
designs are as varied as the many clients he's served
over the years. He is best known for pointy-toed
masterpieces with sharply under-sloped heels.
More often than not, his boots are inlayed and overlaid
with roses, stars, bucking broncos, eagles and
other designs.
While Bo's
boot making career was taking off, his music career suffered. "I
had gone to Nashville in 1990 to be a songwriter
and got so busy making boots I didn't
have time to do the music," he says.
personal life wasn't doing any better.
His first marriage ended in divorce and his
mother's health was failing. Bo moved
to Summersville, Mo., to be near his parents
and later married his junior high school
sweetheart, Nyla.
After Bo's
parents passed away the couple moved to Batesville,
Ark., when Nyla's job transferred
there. Bo concentrated on songwriting while
filling his backlog of boot orders. Early
in 2004 Nyla's daughter moved to
the Springfield area to open a beauty shop
and the couple followed.
Bo opened his
Ozark shop in August. He still makes
boots for Nashville's
elite. Mostly, though, he downplays his
celebrity reputation and caters to normal
customers in search of well-made, custom-fitted
"A lot of
times John Q. Public thinks I'm out of their
range. In reality, $600 for a pair
of handmade boots is not out of range," he
says. "You
pay $200 for an off-the-rack pair that's
not made as well, won't
last as long and won't fit as
Besides making
and repairing boots Bo has begun crafting seat covers
to match the paint schemes on custom
motorcycles. Bo is also building
on his 30-year reputation, negotiating
with a name brand company to produce
a line of Bo Riddle designed boots.
His primary effort, though, is to
keep trying for that hit song.
"My goal
when I went to Nashville was to be a professional songwriter and
that hasn't changed," he
In addition to
traditional country tunes Bo has written two Christmas
tunes that, he says, have received
limited airplay. One, "Mrs. Santa Claus," is
the story of the woman behind
the jolly old man of the North Pole. Another, "Camouflage
Santa Claus," Bo sees as
the next great Christmas novelty
Bo says that while
he hopes his songs will someday top the
charts, he's
willing to wait for success.
OK with where my music is
right now," he says. "I'm
frustrated in that I don't
have major label cuts yet
but I'm not
unsettled about it. I'm
very patient and know that
it's all in God's
timing. When I'm in
a position to handle it,
it will come to pass."
attitude reflects an overall
change in his life. It's
an outlook, he says, shaped
by the excesses of Nashville
and the experiences he's
endured since.
a different person than
I was in Nashville," he
says. "When
I got away from there
I got closer to my family
and closer to God. I
realized it's not
about me.
"I have
life in a true perspective
now. I've lived
a lot. I've
lost a lot. I've
lost my dad. I've
lost my mom. I went
through a divorce.
You experience things
in life that make you
look at life a little
differently than when
everything is roses."
he longs for a day
when his songs are
heard on every country
music station he's content with what he's accomplished. The customer
with the worn half sole may not know he's in the presence of greatness,
but Bo Riddle has earned his place in the boot maker's hall of fame.
attitude is that I'm already pretty well known at what I do.
That doesn't
make me rich and
famous. That just
makes me a known
name in this field," Bo
says. "I'm
one of the few poor
and famous people
in the world."
Bo Riddle's
shop is located at 517 N. 21st St. in Ozark. His phone number is
(417) 582-2668.


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Welcome to the Trafford Bank Blog!
Stay tuned for the latest news and events from Lorraine.
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009, 05:26 PMAt Trafford Bank Guest House we have collected over the years some fabulous artwork by various Scottish Artists:- Jonathon Shearer, Ian McWhinnie,June Carey, Katty Spong, Michael Ross, Dorothy Stirling and Katty McMurray. The majority of these lovely paintings were purchased from Castle Gallery and from 3.10.2009 the gallery is exhibiting the paintings of Shazia Mahmood In fact at the preview we added one of Shazia's fantastic paintings to our growing collection.
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009, 11:00 AMWhile staying at Trafford Bank why not try the following FAB restaurants. For the True Taste Scotland!
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River House. Alfie (Allan) is the winner of many awards
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Oakwood Restaurant on A82 to Loch Ness at Dochgarroch
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River Cafe lovely home Scottish fayre
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Cafe One fantastic food and Norman is a wine specialist!
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Rocpool on the river. Wondeful food created by Steven and his team.
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The Kitchen on the river 15 Huntly Street
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009, 10:11 AMWhy not hire a bike while visiting Trafford Bank Bed and Breakfast Inverness?
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How to get yourself an iAndroid 3G
Just a little while ago, we reported about an independent hacker creating custom dual-boot Android firmware for the original iPhone. Well, Droid-fans, the same infamous team just shocked the community with another ground-shattering announcement – they have implemented most of the functionality (barring Power Management) as well as making a custom version of the firmware for the iPhone 3G. Even better – exclusively for PC World David Wang – the brain behind the project, has done a detailed step-by-step walkthrough of making your own iAndroid phone.
You can find the guide over here, but be warned:
Although this port does everything that you expect your smartphone to be able to do, it isn't usable for day-to-day activities just yet–I haven't implemented any power-management functions, so a fully charged iPhone running Android will last only an hour or so.
A few bugs and performance issues remain, too, so while the phone will be usable, it won't be fast. If you do something unexpected (such as forcing the iPhone off), there is a small chance that you may end up restoring your device. However, it is impossible for any bugs to brick or disable your iPhone permanently.
Finally, media syncing is not working, so loading your media onto your phone is kind of a pain. I'm working as hard as I can, though, and I expect to fix these issues soon.


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text: Posted June 11, 2017 (edited) New Wonders New Wonders is a different type of Wurm Unlimited server. We are not happy with adding a few ease of game play items and letting it be.We thrive to give you a new gaming experience by providing unique creatures, challenges,and an End-Game. New Wonders is a fresh server with most of the community of World of Wonders coming over the server is already highly active. We slowed down the speed of gains on this server compared to previous server as well as making tweaks to rewards gained in our dungeons. To allow crafters to benefit more and keep a market going most dungeon items will now be unique crafting material needed to make end game type items, instead of giving the item out right. We have learned a lot from our first run and are determined to make this the best WU server for content and adventure. I have played WO and WU for years and eventually each server I slowly got bored and took long breaks. Once you build your castle or town what more is there?Normally the game provides a few unique fights every few weeks to keep you going for a while so you can get your end-game armor. Once you have it then what? Following in the footsteps of other mainstream games we provide random drop loot on a good variation of drop rates for different items including unique dungeon only drops.To provide more incentive and to make sure everyone is rewarded fairly a dungeon currency system was added so you will get rewarded by random rolls for loot drops or through currency purchases.On top of the dungeons we provide new more challenging world mobs as well as raid bosses.Currently hosting approximately 100 new mob types including approximately 10 boss type monsters. These will be reimplemented with more variety as the community grows. Four new armor sets added including two that can only be found here. New weapons added and all armor and weapons balanced to give a larger variety of useful items.Wurm has always provided a ton of sandbox play but with these additions we have added hours of replay value to the game. New Wonders 4k x 4k Map, PvE 1.5x Skill Gain 4x Actions (all actions corrected to be affected by multiplier) 50k creatures currently with 50% passive. Wild Worgs is our only custom mount found in the wild. As the server matures others will start spawning again. Maybe you will get lucky and find a Magic Carpet. No Deed Cost Upkeep IS Enabled Deeds auto disband after 90 days of inactivity Upkeep will remain steady and not increased Starter Town Starter town with a lot to offer to help out new players Public Mine Public Blacksmith Public Tailoring Building Public Inn with beds Public Cathedral with both lights Transportation Portal system replaced by caravan stations that allow fast travel between connected caravan stations. Caravan stations also allows carts/wagons/lead animals when using them. Mount and Cart Speed increased. ~20kts per no trait horse cart ~Hitch ANY animal that you can tame or dominate to your cart/wagon Animals will not unhitch due to ageing or becoming untamed Stablemaster available at Life Spring and all four distant outposts Do anything from your cart. Pretty much anything can be done from mounted. No need to get off your cart to cut down a tree. Bounty and Dungeon/World currency World Coin and Dungeons Coins. Any monster killed will provide you with world coin to be used at our world merchant. Dungeon Coins will provide specific dungeon coins to be used at the specific dungeons merchant. All creatures provide bounty up to 1s Creatures all have loot tables that could provide assorted goods to make unique gear Coin goes directly to your bank No bounty provided for burying corpses.(possibly implement later) Captive breed animals provide much less then wild animals Karma bounty for being logged on. Priest Modifications Three Unique Faiths: Odin, Loki, and Fenrir All kingdom priests are available No Priest restrictions Deity only spells Bless reduced to 5 faith cost New custom enchants Replenish=New Spell, automatically refills a liquid container with water-Fo Only Efficiency=New Spell, Reduces difficulty of skill checks when using the enchanted item-Vyn Only New Spell: Efficiency Efficiency is an enchant applicable to any enchantable item, including tools, weapons, etc. Efficiency reduces difficulty of skill checks when using that item. This applies to a great deal of actions, including getting higher average ores with a pickaxe, blocking more often with a shield, and creation chance when making items with an anvil. Unlocks this spell at 50 faith. It requires 50 favor to cast and has a difficulty of 60. It has no cooldown. Efficiency has negating interaction with Blessings of the Dark and Circle of Cunning. If either of those enchants exist, you cannot cast Efficiency, and vice-versa. It does stack with Wind of Ages, Nimbleness, Ring Enchants Industry=New Spell, Ring enchant that reduces difficulty checks-Vyn Only Endurance=New Spell, Ring enchant that reduces stamina usage-Mag Only Acuity=New Spell, Ring enchant that reduces favor usage-Vyn Only If you are wearing two rings with the same enchant, they will not stack. Instead, it will use the higher value. The ring enchants are extremley hard to cast. They should be considered a luxury item, not a necessity. They have a baseline 80 difficulty, and the cast is further reduced based on the quality of the target item. If the ring is low quality, the power will almost always be low as well. Faith Change Cooldown removed from changing faith at altars. Enchants that can possibly drop on dungeon items Prowess=New Spell, Ring enchant that increase combat rating-No God can cast Titanforged=New Spell, Increases speed, efficiency, and skill gain-No God can cast(Stacks with other enchants like WoA/BotD/Nimbleness) Custom power settings on some spells to balance gameplay (Raising Max Favor to 200 Max next update which will make linking not require) Meditation Modifications Always succeed to meditate Unlimited meditations No need to move certain tile distances 1/4 time for path promotions Storage Double size of crates 300 for small crates 600 for large crates Bulk Storage Bins size greatly increased No BS requirements for loading Easy transfer if items between crates-crates, crates-bsb. 100 item transfer available regardless of character carry limit. Crops Do not rot Grow time is roughly 24 hours Harvesthelper gives an audible alert when crops grow Improved farming by Bdew allows planting/tending/harvesting large areas once skill is high enough Digging/Surface Mining/Mining Surface mining is 100% successful and only requires you to uncover that tile, no digging all the tiles around it. Moonmetal mining enabled. So get some moonmetals when mining random tiles. Dig/flatten/level from cart/wagon Dirt/tar/peat/moss/clay that are dug is put into Cart/wagon and even the crates you have loaded in the vehicle if mounted Tar/Moss/Clay all dig 10kg each dig Peat dig 20kg each dig Combat Weapon damage all normalized for 1H or 2H making all weapons viable Dual wielding improvements allows good damage output for dual wielding Custom mobs and rift mobs naturally spawn across the map Custom armor and weapons available through farming mobs in and out of dungeons Mount summon scrolls can be created with items found on mobs including drake mounts Dragons and hatchlings drop scale/hide on corpse for raffle to allow everyone to keep the little they get automatically New Armor Sets Pirate weave armor-Uses black cloth textures for most pieces, a mask, and studded boots/gloves. DR is at 0.55. 30% cast bonus like all cloth armor Goblin weave armor-Uses green cloth textures for most pieces and leather boots/gloves. DR is at 0.55. 30% cast bonus Pirate weave cloth can be found in Pirates Cove. Goblin weave cloth can be found on goblins and trolls, since the trolls like killing the goblins. Both materials can be found from treasure map guardians. New Weapons +0.3 base damage compared to normal weapons, higher parry rates Cursed Dagger Cursed Axe Cursed Shortsword Cursed Sickle +0.5 base damage compared to normal weapons, higher parry rates Infused Longsword Infused Warhammer Weapon Tweaks 2H weapons have lost some base damage and gained some parry. 2H have been way OP compared to dual wielding and provided higher damage then expected from base weapons. Essences New type of material used to make mid to end game type items. Currently used for summoning scrolls and new armors. The amount of items that use the new essences will increase as time allows. Essence of Life: Small chance a fragment will drop off any mob. Champion mobs have higher drop chance. Treasure mobs have higher chance Essence of Death: Small chance from Hell hounds,hell horses,hell scorpious, and zombies. Pirates cove mobs much higher drops. Treasure mobs have good drop chance Essence of Fire: Currently not in tables Essence of Holy: Scheduled to drop in our next dungeon Essence of Magic: Currently not in tables Essence of Water: Currently not in tables New Scrolls Scrolls of summoning have been added. You first must make an unbound scroll with 25 scroll fragments. Once you have an unbound scroll you need to decide what scroll to make. Avatar of Fenrir-5x Essence of Magic and Unbound Scroll Cursed Ship-10x Essence of Death Black Drake-5x Essence of Death Green Drake-5x Essence of Life Blue Drake-5x Essence of Water Red Drake-5x Essence of Fire White Drake-5x Essence of Holy Each of these scrolls can be crafted but also have a drop chance from uniques or dungeon bosses. The cursed ship can drop from final boss in pirates cove. The Avatar of Fenrir can drop off troll king. Each drake can drop from a dragon or hatchling of the same color. General Updates Kingdom Items All kingdoms items can now be crafted including PMKs Kingdom wagons other than Freedom requires 70 FC to craft. Betterfarming Adds ability to cultivate, sow, farm, harvest, harvest and replant in a bigger area Cultivate - works like normal, use shovel on tile Sow - activate any container containing stuff that can be planted and click on tile Farm - works like normal, rake on tile Harvest - will only harvest ripe tiles, requires scythe for grains. Harvested crops will be auto-combined in inventory to make one big item (even those that can't be normally combined). Harvest and replant - same as harvest but will use 1 produced item to immediately replant the tile By default at 50 skills you can do 3x3, at 70 skill 5x5 and at 90 skill 7x7 area Adds ability to mass plant and harvest planter racks Pick all - right click a planter rack with harvestable planters, requires 30 gardening skill (configurable). Plant all - activate a container and click a planter rack with empty pots, requires 50 gardening skill (configurable). Length of action is roughly equivalent to doing the same area manually Skill gain, stamina drain, tool damage, etc. is processed separately for every tile in the area Tiles that are not valid for the action or unreachable will take 0.1 second to skip. Enables planting in planters for additional items (configurable): Nettles, sassafras, woad, cocoa bean, nutmeg, Blueberry, lingonberry, raspberries All mushrooms General Updates Bdews Vanity Pets, Putting items on things, and taxidermy all live No Mail Cost All mailboxes start with 30 cast enchant 5 Sprouts at once from picking sprouts Horses will age through the foal stages quicker but age normal later in life Craft all pauldrons in the game (requires applicable skills) Fire burn time displayed in hours/minutes instead of vague read outs Hitching posts to hitch animals 2% chance when you sacrifice a rare+ you will get a strange bone New roll mod to easily roll off multiple items for a large group using /roll ## **. #=number of players, *=number of items Treasure maps modified to provide loot in chest and better loot on the treasure guardians CA automatically opened to all without having to toggle Affinity orbs are purchasable items on our rare merchant or get lucky and find one out hunting Updated 8/2/2018 Edited August 3, 2018 by Jerone0601 To update information Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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TORONTO – The Canadian dollar gained nearly half a cent on Friday as the latest domestic jobs figures delivered a few positive surprises on the economy.
The loonie ended 0.48 of a cent higher at 91.07 cent cents US, after Statistics Canada said 43,000 net new jobs were added in March.
Most of the new jobs were part-time positions, and the vast majority of the new jobs went to young Canadians, the agency said.
Another soft spot in the report was that almost all the new jobs were in the public sector, while new private sector hiring was limited to 3,900.
The figure pushed the unemployment rate one tenth of a point lower to 6.9 per cent.
"The strong bounce in March employment is encouraging though it follows a 7,000 drop in February and leaves the average increase over the previous four months at a still modest 5,000," wrote RBC Economics assistant chief economist Paul Ferley in a note.
"Thus today's report does not alter our view that monetary policy is likely to remain highly accommodative to try and sustain more robust employment growth going forward."
Meanwhile in the United States, employers added 192,000 jobs in March, but the unemployment rate was unchanged at 6.7 per cent. The March jobs numbers were slightly below February's total of 197,000.
One of the brightest spots in the U.S. non-farms payroll report was a revision by the Labor Department of its January and February figures — adding 37,000 more jobs to the period than was originally estimated.
However traders reacted to the uncertain outlook it offered for the U.S. economy. Prices for gold, widely considered a safe-haven commodity, increased by US$18.90 to US$1,303.50 an ounce for the June contract, while May copper was relatively unchanged at US$3.02 a pound.
Oil continued to trade above US$100 a barrel with May crude settling 85 cents higher to US$101.14 a barrel.